Commencement 2010

Schedule

Sunday, May 30  
7:30 p.m. Open baccalaureate rehearsal; hear the senior speakers deliver  their addresses for the first time, Chapel  
Monday, May 31  
4:00 p.m. Annual awards ceremony, Wanamaker Hall  
Saturday, June 5  
1:00 p.m. Parents’ gratitude session, Chapel  
  Mandatory rehearsal for grads, Cox Auditorium  
3:30-5:30 President’s reception for parents, grads, faculty, and staff, Hutchinson House  A-L 3:30-4:30;    M-Z 4:30-5:30  
8:00 Baccalaureate ceremony, Cox Auditorium  
Sunday, June 6  
9:00 1st Christian Science Organization service, Chapel  
10:45 2nd Christian Science Organization service, Chapel  
11:15 Buffet luncheon, Concourse  
1:00 Child care opens, Gehner Child Care Center  
1:15 Cox Audtorium doors open for commencement ceremony  
2:00 Commencement (processional down the colonnade followed immediately by the ceremony in Cox Auditorium)  
3:45-ish Recessional from Cox to the Chapel Green  
4:00 Celebration on the Chapel Green  

Accommodations

Locations in Alton and Jerseyville are 20 – 30 minutes away; Grafton, 10 – 20 minutes. Parents’ Weekend guests are responsible for making their own arrangements for lodging.

Comfort Inn (Motel • Alton)
(618) 465-9999

Days Inn (Motel • Alton)
(618) 463-0800

Frontier Lodge
(Motel • Jerseyville)
(618) 498-6886

Gehner House (On Campus)
(618) 374-5161

Green Tree Inn
(Bed & Breakfast Inn • Elsah)
(618) 374-2821

Holiday Inn (Motel • Alton)
(618) 462-1220

Home Accommodations

(Rooms in faculty/staff homes)
(618) 374-5590

The Homeridge
(Bed & Breakfast Inn • Jerseyville)
(618) 498-3442

Maple Leaf Cottage Inn
(Bed & Breakfast Inn • Elsah)
(618) 374-1684

Pere Marquette State Park
(Lodge • Grafton)
(618) 786-2331

Principia Guest House
(On Campus)
Currently booked with a long waiting list

Super 8
(Motel • Jerseyville)
(618) 498-7888

Tara Point
(Bed and Breakfast Inn • Grafton)
(618) 786-3555

Transportation

If you need transportation to and/or from St. Louis Lambert Airport or the Alton train station, please call Champagne Limousine 800-500-2526 to make reservations.